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Reading F.C.
2014–15 season
ChairmanSir John Madejski
ManagerNigel Adkins
(until 15 December)
Steve Clarke
(from 16 December)
StadiumMadejski Stadium
Championship19th
FA CupSemi Final vs Arsenal
League CupThird round vs Derby County
Top goalscorerLeague: Two Players (8)
All: Three Players (8)
Highest home attendance20,048 vs Brentford
(25 April 2015)[1]
Lowest home attendance13,775 vs Rotherham United
(4 November 2014)[1]
Average home league attendanceLeague, 17,022[1]
All, 16,835
(End of Season)

The 2014–15 season is Reading Football Club's second season in the Championship following the side's relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2012–13 season. The season began with Nigel Adkins as manager; he was replaced by Steve Clarke in December.

Season review

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Pre-season

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On 6 May, Reading announced that five players would be leaving upon the expiry of their contracts. Those departing were Stuart Taylor, Kaspars Gorkšs, Wayne Bridge, Mikele Leigertwood and club captain Jobi McAnuff.[2] Youngsters Lawson D'Ath, Nick Arnold, Gozie Ugwu, Matt Partridge and Shepherd Murombedzi were also released whilst contract talks were taking place with Michael Hector, Jake Taylor and 18 other youth players.[3][4][5] On 30 May youngsters Michael Hector and Jake Taylor signed new two-year contracts with the option of a third.[6]

On 2 June, Sir John Madejski announced that the club was looking for new ownership and that Anton Zingarevich, Christopher Samuelson and Andrew Obolensky had left the board of Directors.[7]

Transfers

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Ferdinand signed a two-year contract in August 2014, pictured playing for Antalyaspor in 2013

Readings first addition of the season was the signing of USA U-18 international Andrija Novakovich to their academy from USM.[8] On 7 August 2014, Simon Cox resigned for Reading, 6 years after he left the club, on a two-year contract from Nottingham Forest.[9] The following day Jamie Mackie signed on a season-long loan deal, also from Nottingham Forest.[10] On 11 August 2014, Reading confirmed the signing of Anton Ferdinand on a two-year contract.[11] Reading made their fourth permanent signing of the season on 21 August, signing Oliver Norwood to a three-year contract from Huddersfield Town.[12] On 1 September 2014, transfer deadline day, Reading signed Glenn Murray on loan from Crystal Palace until 1 January, with a view to a permanent move.[13]

On 28 May 2014 Adam Le Fondre moved to Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee,[14] with Daniel Carriço following Le Fondre out of the club on 23 June 2014 after making his move to Sevilla permanent.[15] On 7 August 2014, Reading's three young goalkeepers left on loan, Stuart Moore joined Basingstoke Town on a season long loan with Jonathan Henly also joining Basingstoke as cover for Moore, whilst George Legg joined Hendon on a months loan.[16] On 15 August, Sean Morrison followed le Fondre to Cardiff City.[17] On 29 August 2014, Alex McCarthy completed his move to QPR.[18] On transfer deadline day, Royston Drenthe joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan until 2 January 2015.[19]

August

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Reading started their season on 9 August with a 2–2 away draw at Wigan Athletic, with Shaun Cummings and Sean Morrison getting Reading's goals after Callum McManaman opened the scoring for Wigan and James McArthur scored a 93rd-minute equaliser.[20] Three days later, on 12 August, Reading faced Newport County in the League Cup at home. Reading ran out 3–1 winners, with their goals coming from Pavel Pogrebnyak, Nick Blackman and debutante Craig Tanner.[21] Reading won their next game, on 16 August, against Ipswich Town thanks to a Jake Taylor goal,[22] before losing their next two games, 2–1 at home to Huddersfield Town[23] and 4–0 away to Nottingham Forest.[24] Reading finished August with back to back wins, 1–0 away to Scunthorpe United in the second round of the League Cup, Jake Taylor scoring,[25] and 1–0 away to Middlesbrough with Simon Cox scoring.[26]

September

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On 11 September, Legg extended his loan with Hendon for another month,[27] whilst on 12 September, Jonathan Henly moved to Welling United on loan until 1 January 2015.[28] The following day, 13 September, Reading faced Fulham at home, winning 3–0 thanks to a brace from Glenn Murray and the third from Nick Blackman.[29] Reading won their fourth game in a row on 16 September, 3–2 at home to Millwall, with a double strike from Simon Cox and another from Nick Blackman.[30] 20 September saw Reading travel to Hillsborough to face Sheffield Wednesday, with the game ending in disappointment for Reading as they fell to a 1–0 defeat courtesy of a late Stevie May goal.[31] On 22 September, Reading announced the completion of the sale of the club to a Thai consortium, with Sir John Madejski staying on as Co-Chairman.[32] The following day, 23 September, Reading suffered their second defeat in four days, as they went out of the League Cup with a 2–0 defeat to Derby County.[33] Reading ended September with a 3–3 home draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers, with the Reading goals coming from Michael Hector, Jake Taylor and Glenn Murray, whilst Nick Blackman was unfortunate to score an own goal.[34]

October

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Reading started October with a 0–0 draw away to Leeds United on 1 October,[35] following it up three days later with a 3–1 away defeat to Brentford in which Simon Cox scored the only goal for Reading.[36] On 3 October, Garath McCleary signed a new contract with the club until the summer of 2017.[37] Following the International break, Reading suffered their second and third defeats in a row, both 3–0, at home to Derby County on 18 October and away to Bournemouth on 21 October.[38][39] Reading finished October with their first win in seven games, a 3–0 home win over Blackpool, with Glenn Murray and Nick Blackman scoring either side of a Peter Clarke own goal.[40]

November

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Reading started November with a 3–1 away defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 1 November, Glenn Murray scoring their only goal,[41] before following it up three days later with a 3–0 victory over Rotherham United thanks to Jamie Mackie and a Simon Cox double.[42] On 8 November Reading suffered a 1–0 home defeat to Charlton Athletic,[43] before a 2–1 away defeat to Cardiff City on 21 November. Michael Hector scored Readings only goal late on, whilst Alex Pearce had a nightmare evening, conceding an own goal before being shown a straight red card on the stroke of half-time.[44] Reading ended the month with a 2–1 away win over Norwich City, Gary Hooper put Norwich ahead after 10 minutes before Jake Cooper scored his first ever goal for Reading in the 14th minute and his second in the 44th to give Reading all three points.[45]

Also during November, Slovenian defender Jure Travner joined the club on trial from Azerbaijan Premier League side FK Baku.[46]

December

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Clarke as assistant manager of Chelsea in 2007
Steve Clarke was appointed as the club's manager on 16 December.

Reading started the month with a 0–0 home draw against Bolton Wanderers on 6 December,[47] before a 6–1 away defeat to Birmingham City on 13 December.[48] Following the club's 6–1 defeat to Birmingham City, manager Nigel Adkins was sacked by the club on 15 December.[49] The following day Reading appointed Steve Clarke on a 2+1⁄2-year contract.[50]

Reading lost their first game with Steve Clarke as manager, a 1–0 home defeat to 10-man Watford on 20 December.[51] They followed this defeat up with a 2–2 away draw to Manager-less Brighton & Hove Albion on 26 December,[52] Glenn Murray scoring both the goals, before a 2–1 home win over Norwich City on 28 December thanks to Simon Cox and a Hal Robson-Kanu penalty.[53]

Murray returned to Crystal Palace on 31 December following the completion of his loan deal.[54]

January

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On 2 January 2015, Aaron Tshibola moved to Hartlepool United on a one-month loan deal,[55] whilst Jonathan Henly returned from his loan at Welling United and Royston Drenthe returned to the club following his loan to Sheffield Wednesday to discuss his future.[56] The following day, Nick Blackman scored Reading's only goal in their 1–0 away win over Huddersfield Town in the third round of the FA Cup,[57] setting up a fourth round trip to Cardiff City.[58] On 10 January Reading drew 0–0 at home to Middlesbrough,[59] in a game that saw Jem Karacan make his return from a long term knee-injury, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for Jamie Mackie.[60] Defender Shaun Cummings left the club on 12 January, moving to Millwall two days later for an undisclosed fee.[61] Reading lost their next game, a 2–1 away defeat to Fulham on 17 January, with Pavel Pogrebnyak scoring Reading's only goal. The following week Polish International goalkeeper, Jakub Słowik, joined the club on a week-long trial.[62] On 22 January, Reading signed Jure Travner on a contract with the club till the end of the season,[63] and Nathaniel Chalobah on loan till the end of the season from Chelsea,[64] whilst youngster Craig Tanner signed a new contract till the summer of 2017 and joined AFC Wimbledon on a season-long youth loan.[65] The next day Royston Drenthe left club, signing for Kayseri Erciyesspor of the Turkish Süper Lig on a permanent basis.[66] 24 January saw Reading take on Cardiff City in the fourth round of the FA Cup, with Reading winning the games 2–1 at the Cardiff City Stadium. Cardiff took the lead through Kenwyne Jones in the first half before Oliver Norwood and Hal Robson-Kanu in the second half to send Reading into the fifth round.[67]

On 27 January, Reading traveled to Millwall, playing out a 0–0 draw that saw them remain in 18th position.[68] Two days later, 29 January, Dominic Samuel joined Coventry City on an emergency loan, which will see him stay at the club until 28 April,[69] and midfielder Aaron Tshibola extended his stay at Hartlepool United till the end of the season.[70] Reading's last game of January was a 2–0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday, with the goals coming from Pavel Pogrebnyak and Nathaniel Chalobah.

Young Georgian defender Lasha Dvali returned to the club in January following a year-long loan deal with Latvian Higher League side Skonto FC.[71]

February

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On transfer deadline day, 2 February, Reading signed Yakubu on a contract until the end of the season,[72] whilst Georgian defender Lasha Dvali joined Turkish Süper Lig side Kasımpaşa on loan till the end of the season.[73] Youngster Dominic Hyam left the club on a one-month youth loan deal on 4 February, joining Hemel Hempstead Town.[74] On 7 February Reading traveled to Wolverhampton Wanderers, winning 2–1 after goals from Pavel Pogrebnyak and Danny Williams.[75] Three days later, Reading hosted Leeds United in a game that the visitors won 2–0.[76] On 14 February Reading defeated Derby County 2–1 in the fifth round of the FA Cup,[77] before losing 0–1 at home to Wigan Athletic three days later.[78] On 21 February Reading registered another away win, winning 1–0 away to Ipswich Town thanks to a 14th-minute goal by Jamie Mackie,[79] before falling to defeat against Huddersfield Town 3–0 three days later.[80]

March

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On 3 March Reading drew 1–1 away to Bolton, with Jamie Mackie scoring the equaliser in the third and final minute of stoppage time.[81] On 7 March Reading played their FA Cup quarter final match against League One team Bradford City, drawing 0–0 at Valley Parade.[82] The draw resulted in a home replay, scheduled for 16 March. On 10 March Reading hosted Brighton & Hove Albion in a 2–1 victory with both goals being scored by Jamie Mackie. Defender Niall Keown made his debut during the game, coming on as a late substitute for Danny Williams, the winning goal coming minutes after Chris O'Grady scored a penalty for the away team.[83] On 12 March, Zat Knight signed a short-term contract until the end of the season.[84] Reading lost their next Championship game 4–1, away to Watford on 14 March,[85] before defeating Bradford City 3–0 in their FA Cup Quarter Final Replay to set up a Semi Final against Arsenal.[86] On 18 March youngster George McLennan joined Hayes & Yeading United on loan till the end of the season.[87] On 24 March young goalkeeper Dan Lincoln joined Nuneaton Town on a seven-day loan deal,[88] with Nathan Aké joining Reading on an initial one-month loan a day later,[89] before Kwesi Appiah joined on loan until the end of the season and Jake Taylor and Danny Guthrie left the club on loan till the end of the season, to Leyton Orient and Fulham respectively on 26 March.[90][91][92] On 27 March, Reading exercised an option in Chris Gunter's contract to keep the player for another year.[93]

On 30 March, Reading where fined £30,000 by The Football League for breaching the Football League regulations that prohibit any individual or legal entity having an interest in more than one club, when they borrowed an initial £10.5m from Vibrac Corporation in August 2013, and a further £5.6m in May 2014.[94]

April

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Reading started April with a 1–1 home draw against Cardiff City on 4 April, Pavel Pogrebnyak gave Reading an early lead, before Conor McAleny scored a 90th-minute equaliser.[95] Reading drew their second game in a row on 7 April, away to Blackpool. Jamie O'Hara gave Blackpool an early lead from the penalty spot, after a Zat Knight shirt pull, with a Grant Hall own goal just after half-time leveling the teams.[96] On 11 April Reading played Blackburn Rovers in a one-off kit design, designed by a young fan Ryan Duval. The game ended 0–0, the third Reading draw in a row, and also marked the first start for Jem Karacan in over a year and a half.[97] Reading suffered their first defeat of the month on 14 April, 1–0 at home to Bournemouth.[98] Reading's away game with Rotherham United on 18 April was postponed until 28 April,[99] due to Reading's FA Cup Semi-Final tie with Arsenal. Alexis Sánchez gave Arsenal the lead shortly before halftime, with Garath McCleary equalising in the 54th minute to level the game and take the match to extra-time. Sánchez scored his second of the game, and the winner, on the stroke of half-time in extra time, after his weak shot was spilled over the line by Adam Federici.[100] Reading's next game was at home to Birmingham City on 22 April, which Reading lost 1–0 to a late Clayton Donaldson goal.[101] This was also Nathan Aké's last game for Reading as he returned to Chelsea following the game.[102] On 25 April, Reading hosted Brentford in their last home game of the season. Reading went down 2–0 after goals from Alan Judge and James Tarkowski.[103] After the game Adam Federici was named the clubs Player of the Season.[104] Reading's last game of April was their rearranged game away to Rotherham United on 28 April. Reading lost the match, their fifth in a row, 2–1 with Matt Derbyshire and Lee Frecklington scoring a quick-fire double in the second half before a late Oliver Norwood goal gave Reading their consolation goal.[105]

May

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Reading won their final game of the season, and first since 10 March, on 2 May away to Derby County 3–0. Kwesi Appiah opened the scoring in the second minute, his first for the club, before Michael Hector scored the second midway through the second half and a late Garath McCleary penalty sealed the victory.[106]

On 21 May Reading released senior players Zat Knight, Jure Travner, Danny Guthrie, Ryan Edwards and Yakubu. Whilst youth players Daniel Lincoln, Jonathan Henly, Aleksandar Gogic, and George McLennan also left the club.[107]

Transfers

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Main articles: List of English football transfers summer 2014 and List of English football transfers winter 2014–15

In

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Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
7 April 2014† FW United States Andrija Novakovich Chicago Magic Free [8]
7 August 2014 FW Republic of Ireland Simon Cox Nottingham Forest Undisclosed [9]
11 August 2014 DF England Anton Ferdinand Antalyaspor Free [11]
21 August 2014 MF Northern Ireland Oliver Norwood Huddersfield Town Undisclosed [12]
22 January 2015 DF Slovenia Jure Travner FK Baku Free [63]
2 February 2015 FW Nigeria Yakubu Al Rayyan Free [72]
12 March 2015 DF England Zat Knight Colorado Rapids Free [84]
† Novakovich's transfer was announced on the above date but were not finalised until 1 July.


Loans in

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Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
8 August 2014 FW Scotland Jamie Mackie Nottingham Forest Season-long [10]
1 September 2014 FW England Glenn Murray Crystal Palace 1 January 2015 [13][54]
22 January 2015 MF England Nathaniel Chalobah Chelsea End of season [64]
25 March 2015 DF Netherlands Nathan Aké Chelsea 22 April 2015 [89][102]
26 March 2015 FW Ghana Kwesi Appiah Crystal Palace End of season [92]

Out

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Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
28 May 2014 FW England Adam Le Fondre Wales Cardiff City Undisclosed [14]
23 June 2014 MF Portugal Daniel Carriço Sevilla Undisclosed [15]
15 August 2014 DF England Sean Morrison Cardiff City Undisclosed [17]
29 August 2014 GK England Alex McCarthy Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed [18]
12 January 2015 DF Jamaica Shaun Cummings Millwall Undisclosed [61]
23 January 2015 MF Netherlands Royston Drenthe Kayseri Erciyesspor Undisclosed [66]

Loans out

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Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
7 August 2014 GK England Stuart Moore Basingstoke Town Season-long [16]
7 August 2014 GK Scotland Jonathan Henly Basingstoke Town 7 September 2014 [16]
7 August 2014 GK England George Legg Hendon 7 October 2014 [16][27]
1 September 2014 MF Netherlands Royston Drenthe Sheffield Wednesday 2 January 2015 [19]
12 September 2014 GK Scotland Jonathan Henly Welling United End-of-season [28][108]
10 October 2014 GK England Lewis Ward Whitehawk 7 November 2014 [109]
24 December 2014 DF England Robert Dickie Basingstoke Town 25 April 2015 [110][111]
2 January 2015 MF England Aaron Tshibola Hartlepool United Season-long youth loan [55][70]
22 January 2015 FW England Craig Tanner AFC Wimbledon Season-long youth loan [65]
29 January 2015 FW England Dominic Samuel Coventry City 28 April 2015 [69]
2 February 2015 DF Georgia (country) Lasha Dvali Kasımpaşa End-of-season [73]
4 February 2015 DF Scotland Dominic Hyam Hemel Hempstead Town 4 March 2015 [74]
18 March 2015 DF Scotland George McLennan Hayes & Yeading United End-of-season [87]
24 March 2015 GK England Dan Lincoln Nuneaton Town 31 March 2015 [88]
26 March 2015 MF Wales Jake Taylor Leyton Orient End of season [91]
26 March 2015 MF England Danny Guthrie Fulham End of season [90]

Released

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Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref
21 May 2015 GK Denmark Mikkel Andersen Midtjylland 25 June 2015 [107][112]
21 May 2015 GK England Daniel Lincoln Hayes & Yeading United 18 August 2015 [107]
21 May 2015 GK Scotland Jonathan Henly Ipswich Town 20 August 2015 [107][113]
21 May 2015 GK United States Aleksandar Gogić Nike Academy [107]
21 May 2015 DF England Zat Knight Retired [107]
21 May 2015 DF Slovenia Jure Travner Celje 15 July 2015 [107][114]
21 May 2015 DF Scotland George McLennan Cheltenham Town 7 July 2015 [107][115]
21 May 2015 MF England Danny Guthrie Blackburn Rovers 4 August 2015 [107][116]
21 May 2015 MF Australia Ryan Edwards Partick Thistle 24 September 2015 [107][117][118]
21 May 2015 FW Nigeria Yakubu Kayserispor 31 August 2015 [107][119]
27 May 2015 GK Australia Adam Federici Bournemouth 1 July 2015 [120]
8 June 2015 DF Republic of Ireland Alex Pearce Derby County 1 July 2015 [121]
30 June 2015 DF Republic of Ireland Stephen Kelly Rotherham United 19 November 2015 [122][123]
30 June 2015 MF Turkey Jem Karacan Galatasaray 8 July 2015 [124]

Trial

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Date from Position Nationality Name Last club Date to Ref.
November 2014 DF Slovakia Jure Travner FK Baku 22 January 2015 [46][63]
19 January 2015 GK Poland Jakub Słowik Jagiellonia Białystok 23 January 2015 [62]

Squad

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As of match played 2 May 2015[125]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age[N 1]) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Adam Federici Australia GK (1985-01-31)31 January 1985 (aged 30) Torres 2005 2015[126] 245 1
31 Mikkel Andersen Denmark GK (1988-12-17)17 December 1988 (aged 26) AB Copenhagen 2007 2015[127] 5 0
40 Stuart Moore England GK (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 20) Academy 2013 [107] 0 0
41 Daniel Lincoln England GK (1995-05-26)26 May 1995 (aged 19) Academy 2013 0 0
42 Jonathan Henly[N 2] Scotland GK (1994-06-07)7 June 1994 (aged 20) Academy 2012 2015[128] 0 0
Defenders
2 Chris Gunter Wales RB (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 25) Nottingham Forest 2012 2016[93][129] 114 1
3 Stephen Kelly Republic of Ireland RB (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 31) Fulham 2013 2015[130] 52 1
4 Anton Ferdinand England CB (1985-02-18)18 February 1985 (aged 30) Antalyaspor 2014 2016[11] 2 0
5 Alex Pearce[N 3] Republic of Ireland CB (1988-11-09)9 November 1988 (aged 26) Academy 2006 2015[131] 240 15
15 Michael Hector[N 4] England CB (1992-07-19)19 July 1992 (aged 22) Academy 2010 2016[6] 58 3
24 Zat Knight England CB (1980-05-02)2 May 1980 (aged 35) Colorado Rapids 2015 2015[84] 2 0
26 Pierce Sweeney Republic of Ireland CB (1994-09-11)11 September 1994 (aged 20) Bray Wanderers 2012 [107] 0 0
29 Jure Travner Slovenia LB (1985-09-28)28 September 1985 (aged 29) FK Baku 2015 2015[63] 1 0
32 Sean Long Republic of Ireland RB (1995-04-02)2 April 1995 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2016[132] 1 0
33 Shane Griffin Republic of Ireland LB (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2016[132] 0 0
34 Niall Keown England RB (1995-04-05)5 April 1995 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2 0
35 Jake Cooper England CB (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2016[133] 19 2
Robert Dickie England DF (1996-03-03)3 March 1996 (aged 19) Academy 2014 0 0
Dominic Hyam Scotland DF (1995-12-20)20 December 1995 (aged 19) Academy 2014 2016[134] 0 0
George McLennan Scotland DF (1995-12-10)10 December 1995 (aged 19) Academy 2014 0 0
Nana Owusu England DF (1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 19) Academy 2014 2016[132] 0 0
Lasha Dvali Georgia (country) DF (1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (aged 19) Skonto 2013 0 0
Midfielders
6 Oliver Norwood Northern Ireland CM (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 24) Huddersfield Town 2014 2017[12] 42 1
8 Danny Guthrie England CM (1987-04-18)18 April 1987 (aged 28) Newcastle United 2012 2015[135] 69 5
9 Hal Robson-Kanu[N 5] Wales LW (1989-05-21)21 May 1989 (aged 25) Academy 2007 2016[136] 192 25
11 Jordan Obita England LW (1993-12-08)8 December 1993 (aged 21) Academy 2010 2017[137] 88 1
12 Garath McCleary[N 6] Jamaica RW (1987-05-15)15 May 1987 (aged 27) Nottingham Forest 2012 2017[37][138] 110 12
14 Nathaniel Chalobah[N 7] England CM (1994-12-12)12 December 1994 (aged 20) loan from Chelsea 2015 2015[64] 20 1
16 Hope Akpan[N 8] Nigeria CM (1991-08-14)14 August 1991 (aged 23) Crawley Town 2013 2016[139] 63 1
17 Ryan Edwards Australia MF (1993-11-17)17 November 1993 (aged 21) Australian Institute of Sport 2011 2015[140] 10 0
18 Aaron Tshibola England CM (1995-01-02)2 January 1995 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2016[141] 1 0
21 Jem Karacan[N 9] Turkey CM (1989-02-21)21 February 1989 (aged 26) Academy 2007 2015[142] 175 12
23 Danny Williams[N 10] United States CM (1989-03-08)8 March 1989 (aged 26) Hoffenheim 2013 2017[143] 63 4
25 Jake Taylor[N 11] Wales MF (1991-12-01)1 December 1991 (aged 23) Academy 2009 2016[6] 36 3
28 Aaron Kuhl England MF (1996-01-30)30 January 1996 (aged 19) Academy 2014 2016[144] 8 0
37 Jack Stacey England MF (1996-04-06)6 April 1996 (aged 19) Academy 2014 2016[144] 6 0
38 Liam Kelly Republic of Ireland MF (1995-11-22)22 November 1995 (aged 19) Academy 2014 2016[145] 0 0
39 Tarique Fosu England MF (1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 19) Academy 2014 1 0
Conor Shaughnessy Republic of Ireland MF (1996-06-30)30 June 1996 (aged 18) Academy 2014 0 0
Samúel Friðjónsson Iceland MF (1996-02-22)22 February 1996 (aged 19) Academy 2013[146] 2015 0 0
Forwards
7 Pavel Pogrebnyak Russia FW (1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 31) Fulham 2012 2016[147] 108 29
10 Simon Cox[N 12] Republic of Ireland FW (1987-04-28)28 April 1987 (aged 28) Nottingham Forest 2014 2016[9] 52 8
19 Jamie Mackie[N 13] Scotland FW (1985-09-22)22 September 1985 (aged 29) Loan from Nottingham Forest 2014 2015[10] 39 6
20 Yakubu Nigeria FW (1982-11-22)22 November 1982 (aged 32) Al Rayyan 2015 2015[72] 11 1
22 Nick Blackman England FW (1989-11-11)11 November 1989 (aged 25) Sheffield United 2013 2016[148] 84 9
27 Craig Tanner England FW (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2017[65] 5 1
30 Dominic Samuel England FW (1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 21) Academy 2012 [107] 2 0
36 Andrija Novakovich United States FW (1996-09-21)21 September 1996 (aged 18) University School of Milwaukee 2014 2 0
44 Kwesi Appiah Ghana FW (1990-09-12)12 September 1990 (aged 24) loan from Crystal Palace 2015 2015 6 1

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF England ENG Sean Morrison (to Cardiff City)[17]
20 GK England ENG Alex McCarthy (to Queens Park Rangers)[18]
20 FW England ENG Glenn Murray (returned to Crystal Palace after loan)[54]
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Jamaica JAM Shaun Cummings (to Millwall)[61]
43 DF Netherlands NED Nathan Aké (returned to Chelsea after loan)[102]
— MF Netherlands NED Royston Drenthe (to Kayseri Erciyesspor)[66]

Pre-season

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15 July 2014 Exeter City 0–1 Reading Exeter
19:30 BST Report Edwards 8' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Andy Woolmer
19 July 2014 Yeovil Town 1–1 Reading Yeovil
15:00 BST Trialist 71' Report Pogrebnyak 48' Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 1,153
26 July 2014 Wycombe Wanderers 0–2 Reading High Wycombe, England
15:00 BST Report Pogrebnyak 40'
Taylor 75'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 1,697
29 July 2014 Stevenage 0–0 Reading Stevenage, England
19:30 BST Report Stadium: The Lamex Stadium
2 August 2014 Reading 1–3 Wales Swansea City Reading, England
15:00 BST Blackman 43' Report Routledge 23', 25'
Gomis 65'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 5,421
Referee: Andy Davies

Competitions

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Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
2014–15 Championship — — 19 9 August 2014 2 May 2015
League Cup First round — Fifth round 12 August 2013 23 September 2014
FA Cup Third round — Semi-finals 3 January 2015 18 April 2015

Updated to match played 2014
Source: Competitions

Championship

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Main article: 2014–15 Football League Championship

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Fulham 46 14 10 22 62 83 −21 52
18 Bolton Wanderers 46 13 12 21 54 67 −13 51
19 Reading 46 13 11 22 48 69 −21 50
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 10 17 19 44 54 −10 47
21 Rotherham United 46 11 16 19 46 67 −21 46[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[149]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 13 11 22 48 68  −20 50 8 5 10 24 24  0 5 6 12 24 44  −20

Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: Reading FC

Results by matchday

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAHAAHAHHHHAA
ResultDWLLWWWLDDLLLWLWLLWDLLDWDLDWWLLWLLDWLLDDDLLLLW
Position9711191596101110131617141513141414141617171617181816131417131518181617191918181819191919
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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9 August 2014 1 Wigan Athletic 2 – 2 Reading Wigan
15:00 BST (UTC+1) McManaman 27'
Taylor Yellow card 74'
McArthur 90+3'		 BBC Sport
Reading F.C.		 Cummings Yellow card 58' 71'
Morrison 77'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,174
Referee: Mark Brown
16 August 2014 2 Reading 1 – 0 Ipswich Town Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Taylor 26'
Cox Yellow card 60'
Hector Yellow card 81'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Berra Yellow card 39'
Mings Yellow card 60'
Smith Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,198
Referee: Simon Hooper
19 August 2014 3 Reading 1 – 2 Huddersfield Town Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Pearce Yellow card 42'
Pogrebnyak Yellow card 76'
Cox 79'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Butterfield 10'
Coady Yellow card 35'
Bunn 38'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,035
Referee: Stuart Attwell
23 August 2014 4 Nottingham Forest 4 – 0 Reading Nottingham
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Antonio 17', 47'
Fryatt 53'
Assombalonga 64'
Cohen Yellow card 69'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Blackman Yellow card 80' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,795
Referee: Andy Woolmer
30 August 2014 5 Middlesbrough 0 – 1 Reading Middlesbrough
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Leadbitter Yellow card 37'
Adomah Yellow card 76'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Cox 7'
Akpan Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 14,970
Referee: Darren Bond
13 September 2014 6 Reading 3 – 0 Fulham Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Murray 15', 54'
Blackman 85'Yellow card 86'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Smith Red card 19'
Hyndman Yellow card 25'
Voser Yellow card 42'
Kavanagh Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,790
Referee: Mike Jones
16 September 2014 7 Reading 3 – 2 Millwall Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Cox 6', 84'
Blackman 15' (pen.)		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Webster Yellow card 14'
Fuller 39'
Beevers 54'
Upson Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,091
Referee: Keith Hill
20 September 2014 8 Sheffield Wednesday 1 – 0 Reading Sheffield
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Coke 31'
Palmer Yellow card 39'
Maguire Yellow card 66'
May 83'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Blackman Yellow card 38'
Akpan Yellow card 63'
Cooper Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 29,848
Referee: Mark Heywood
28 September 2014 9 Reading 3 – 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Reading
13:15 BST (UTC+1) Hector 19'
Taylor Yellow card 45' 55'
Guthrie Yellow card 64'
Murray 89'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Henry 51'
Evans 54'
Stearman Yellow card 66'
Blackman 84' (o.g.)
Edwards Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,454
Referee: James Adcock
1 October 2014 10 Leeds United 0 – 0 Reading Leeds
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Cooper Yellow card 65'
Bellusci Yellow card 66'
Doukara Yellow card 70'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Hector Yellow card 19'
Norwood Yellow card 80'
Pearce Yellow card 90'
Federici Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 20,705
Referee: Tony Harrington
4 October 2014 11 Brentford 3 – 1 Reading Brentford
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Jota 11'
Pritchard 32'
Douglas 81'
Diagouraga Yellow card 83'
Craig Yellow card 87'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Cox 49'Yellow card 79'
Kuhl Yellow card 74'
Mackie Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 10,776
Referee: Roger East
18 October 2014 12 Reading 0 – 3 Derby County Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Hector Yellow card 43'
Obita Yellow card 84'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Martin 18', 79'
Ibe 38'
Whitbread Yellow card 44'
Christie Yellow card 65'
Eustace Yellow card 68'
Hughes Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,141
Referee: Darren Deadman
21 October 2014 13 Bournemouth 3 – 0 Reading Bournemouth
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Wilson 50'
Pitman 55', 64'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 8,899
Referee: Mark Haywood
25 October 2014 14 Reading 3 – 0 Blackpool Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Murray 23'
Clarke 69' (o.g.)
Hector Yellow card 71'
Taylor Yellow card 78'
Blackman 90+4' (pen.)		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Perkins Yellow card 14'
Miller Yellow card 39'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,625
Referee: Gavin Ward
1 November 2014 15 Blackburn Rovers 3 – 1 Reading Blackburn
15:00 GMT (UTC) Gestede 17', 68'
Marshall 55'
Evans Yellow card 71'
Varney Yellow card 90+6'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Murray 44'
Obita Yellow card 52'
Akpan Yellow card 65'
Cooper Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: Carl Boyeson
Referee: 14,237
4 November 2014 16 Reading 3 – 0 Rotherham United Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC) Mackie 29'
Cox 55', 64'
Akpan Yellow card 71'
Gunter Yellow card 89'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Morgan Yellow card 44'
Árnason Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 13,775
Referee: Pat Miller
8 November 2014 17 Reading 0 – 1 Charlton Athletic Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Cox Yellow card 74'
Obita Yellow card 86'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Vetokele 39'
Guðmundsson Yellow card 88'
Jackson Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 16,989
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
21 November 2014 18 Cardiff City 2 – 1 Reading Cardiff
19:45 GMT (UTC) Pearce 20' (o.g.)
Pilkington Yellow card 41'
Whittingham 45+4' (pen.)		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Williams Yellow card 41'
Pearce Red card 45+3'
Hector 81'
Blackman Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 20,643
Referee: James Linington
29 November 2014 19 Norwich City 1 – 2 Reading Norwich
15:00 GMT (UTC) Hooper 10'Yellow card 44'
Howson Yellow card 60'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Cooper 14', 45'
Murray Yellow card 55'
Obita Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,002
Referee: David Webb
6 December 2014 20 Reading 0 – 0 Bolton Wanderers Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Norwood Yellow card 61'
Murray Yellow card 73'
Obita Yellow card 82'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,421
Referee: Keith Hill
13 December 2014 21 Birmingham City 6 – 1 Reading Birmingham
15:00 GMT (UTC) Caddis 4'
Gray 11', 24', 45+1'
Shinnie 46'
Cotterill 60'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Hector Yellow card 18'
Murray 19'
Gunter Yellow card 58'		 Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 15,240
Referee: Nigel Miller
20 December 2014 22 Reading 0 – 1 Watford Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Williams Yellow card 72'
Murray Yellow card 90+2'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Abdi Yellow card 29' 70'
Angella Yellow card 38' Yellow-red card 45+1'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,522
Referee: Gavin Ward
26 December 2014 23 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 – 2 Reading Falmer
15:00 GMT (UTC) Forster-Caskey 40'
Bennett Yellow card 58'
Calderón 90'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Murray 1', 26'Yellow card 44'
Cox Yellow card 38'
Cummings Yellow card 61'
Norwood Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 26,173
Referee: Graham Salisbury
28 December 2014 24 Reading 2 – 1 Norwich City Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Robson-Kanu 25' (pen.)
Cox 34'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Johnson Yellow card 24' 71'
Martin Yellow card 63'
Whittaker Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 19,430
Referee: James Linington
10 January 2015 25 Reading 0 – 0 Middlesbrough Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Norwood Yellow card 42'
Obita Yellow card 54'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Tomlin Yellow card 68' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,131
Referee: Charles Breakspear
17 January 2015 26 Fulham 2 – 1 Reading Fulham
15:00 GMT (UTC) Bodurov Yellow card 33'
Kačaniklić Yellow card 52' 55'
Tunnicliffe Yellow card 74'
Ruiz 90+3'		 BBC
[ Reading F.C.]		 Pogrebnyak 63'Yellow card 67'
McCleary Yellow card 77'
Cox Yellow card 84'
Gunter Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 17,831
Referee: Mark Brown
27 January 2015 27 Millwall 0 – 0 Reading Bermondsey
19:45 GMT (UTC) Nelson Red card 45' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Mackie Yellow card 85' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: Andy Madley
Referee: 8,317
31 January 2015 28 Reading 2 – 0 Sheffield Wednesday Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Pogrebnyak 29'
Chalobah 40'
Hector Yellow card 67'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Loovens Yellow card 34' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,755
Referee: Brendan Malone
7 February 2015 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 – 2 Reading Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT (UTC) Stearman Yellow card 18'
Afobe 26'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Pogrebnyak 1'Yellow card 90+1'
Williams Yellow card 33' 70'
S.Kelly Yellow card 43'
Robson-Kanu Yellow card 51'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 20,274
Referee: Keith Hill
10 February 2015 30 Reading 0 – 2 Leeds United Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC) BBC
Reading F.C.		 Wootton Yellow card 59'
Murphy 63'
Byram 90'Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,124
Referee: Graham Scott
17 February 2015 31 Reading 0 – 1 Wigan Athletic Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC) A.Pearce Yellow card 90+2' BBC
Reading F.C.		 J.Pearce 17' Yellow card 61'
Herd Yellow card 48'
Clarke Yellow card 62'
Ojo Yellow card 70'
Taylor Yellow card 85'
Kim Bo-kyung Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 14,601
Referee: Simon Hooper
21 February 2015 32 Ipswich Town 0 – 1 Reading Ipswich
15:00 GMT (UTC) Bru Yellow card 67' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Mackie 14'
Obita Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 21,298
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
24 February 2015 33 Huddersfield Town 3 – 0 Reading Huddersfield
19:45 GMT (UTC) Bunn 10'
Wells 55'
Miller 74'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Kelly Yellow card 12'
Obita Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 10,282
Referee: James Adcock
28 February 2015 34 Reading 0 – 3 Nottingham Forest Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) McCleary Yellow card 60' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Osborn 56'
Fryatt 70'
Gary Gardner 80'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,586
Referee: Mick Russell
3 March 2015 35 Bolton Wanderers 1 – 1 Reading Bolton
20:00 GMT (UTC) Guðjohnsen 60'
Dervite Yellow card 88'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Norwood Yellow card 64'
Pogrebnyak Yellow card 79'
Mackie 90+3'		 Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 12,795
Referee: Mark Haywood
10 March 2015 36 Reading 2 – 1 Brighton & Hove Albion Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC) Mackie 24', 56'
McCleary Yellow card 88'
Pogrebnyak Yellow card 90'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 O'Grady 53' (pen.)
Ince Yellow card 61'
Dunk Yellow card 87'
Bennett Yellow card 88'
Greer Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 14,748
Referee: Andy Haines
14 March 2015 37 Watford 4 – 1 Reading Watford
15:00 GMT (UTC) Abdi 1'
Vydra 39'
Deeney 48'
Forestieri 85'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Karacan 70' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 16,660
Referee: Darren Bond
17 March 2015 38 Reading Postponed[150] Birmingham City Reading
20:00 GMT (UTC) [ BBC]
Reading F.C.		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
21 March 2015 39 Charlton Athletic 3 – 2 Reading Charlton
15:00 GMT (UTC) Johnson Yellow card 29'
Buyens 58' (pen.), 70'Yellow card 88'
Church 80'
Watt Yellow card 85'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Pogrebnyak 40', 90+4'
Norwood Yellow card 56'
Hector Yellow card 57'
Williams Yellow card 69' Yellow-red card 85'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 15,007
Referee: Darren Deadman
4 April 2015 40 Reading 1 – 1 Cardiff City Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Pogrebnyak 4' BBC
Reading F.C.		 McAleny 90' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,953
Referee: Scott Duncan
7 April 2015 41 Blackpool 1 – 1 Reading Blackpool
19:45 BST (UTC+1) O'Hara 6' (pen.), Yellow card 90+4' BBC
Reading F.C.		 McCleary Yellow card 39'
Hall 46' (o.g.)
Gunter Yellow card 57'		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 9,614
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
11 April 2015 42 Reading 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Robson-Kanu Yellow card 90' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Williamson Yellow card 81' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,564
Referee: Michael Bull
14 April 2015 43 Reading 0 – 1 Bournemouth Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Hector Yellow card 55'
Pearce Yellow card 78'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Wilson 4'Yellow card 55'
Francis Yellow card 72'
Boruc Yellow card 90+2'
Smith Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,917
Referee: Keith Stroud
18 April 2015 44 Rotherham United Postponed[99] Reading Rotherham
15:00 BST (UTC+1) [ BBC]
[ Reading F.C.]		 Stadium: New York Stadium
22 April 2015[150] 38 Reading 0 – 1 Birmingham City Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Obita Yellow card 69' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Donaldson 83' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 14,604
Referee: Lee Mason
25 April 2015 45 Reading 0 – 2 Brentford Reading
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Norwood Yellow card 35'
McCleary Yellow card 64'
Obita Yellow card 86'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Judge 7'
Button Yellow card 31'
Tarkowski 65'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 20,048
Referee: Andy Madley
28 April 2015[99] 44 Rotherham United 2 – 1 Reading Rotherham
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Derbyshire 52'Yellow card 81'
Frecklington 58'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Norwood 87' Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 11,123
Referee: Graham Salisbury
2 May 2015 46 Derby County 0 – 3 Reading Derby
12:15 BST (UTC+1) Lingard Yellow card 58'
Shotton Yellow card 66'
Grant Yellow card 85'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Appiah 2'
Norwood Yellow card 27'
Hector 72'
McCleary 85' (pen.)
Williams Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 30,806
Referee: James Linington

League Cup

[edit]
Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup
12 August 2014 First round Reading 3 – 1 Newport County Reading
20:00 BST (UTC+1) Pogrebnyak 20'
Cox Yellow card 53'
Hector Yellow card 78'
Blackman 87'
Tanner 90+4'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Feely Yellow card 44'
Jackson Yellow card 64'
Jeffers 90+3'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 6,459
Referee: James Linington
26 August 2014 Second round Scunthorpe United 0 – 1 Reading Scunthorpe
19:45 BST (UTC+1) McSheffrey Yellow card 1' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Taylor 85'Yellow card 90+2' Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 2,657
Referee: Kevin Wright
23 September 2014 Third round Derby County 2 – 0 Reading Derby
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Russell 67'
Pearce 82' (o.g.)		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Robson-Kanu Yellow card 44' Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 18,409
Referee: Simon Hooper

FA Cup

[edit]
Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup
3 January 2015 Third round Huddersfield Town 0 – 1 Reading Huddersfield
15:00 GMT (UTC) Smith Yellow card 29'
Hudson Yellow card 45+2'
Hogg Yellow card 56' Yellow-red card 90'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Mackie Yellow card 17'
Blackman 69'
Robson-Kanu Yellow card 88'
Williams Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 7,980
Referee: Paul Gibbs
24 January 2015 Fourth round Cardiff City 1 – 2 Reading Cardiff
15:00 GMT (UTC) Turner Yellow card 25'
Jones 25'
Whittingham Yellow card 32'
Noone Yellow card 67'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Norwood 64'
Pogrebnyak Yellow card 66'
Robson-Kanu 88'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 11,750
Referee: Lee Probert
14 February 2015 Fifth round Derby County 1 – 2 Reading Derby
15:00 GMT (UTC) Mascarell Yellow card 8'
Warnock Yellow card 16' Yellow-red card 39'
Bent 61'
Bryson Yellow card 81'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Williams Yellow card 28'
Obita Yellow card 41'
Robson-Kanu 53'
Kelly Yellow card 77'
Yakubu 82'		 Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 21,337
Referee: Craig Pawson
7 March 2015 Quarter Final Bradford City 0 – 0 Reading Bradford
12:45 GMT (UTC) McArdle Yellow card 37' BBC
Reading F.C.		 Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium
Attendance: 24,321
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
16 March 2015 Quarter Final Replay Reading 3 – 0 Bradford City Reading
19:45 GMT (UTC) Robson-Kanu 6'
McCleary 9'
Williams Yellow card 30'
Mackie 68'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Knott Yellow card 28'
Sheehan Yellow card 32'
Meredith Yellow card 53'
Morais Red card 62'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 22,908
Referee: Mike Jones
18 April 2015 Semi Final Reading 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Arsenal London
17:20 BST (UTC+1) Chalobah Yellow card 45+2'
McCleary 54'		 BBC
Reading F.C.		 Sánchez 39', 105+1'
Gabriel Yellow card 108'		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 84,081
Referee: Martin Atkinson

Squad statistics

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As of match played 2 May 2015

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia AUS Adam Federici 49 0 43 0 5 0 1 0
2 DF Wales WAL Chris Gunter 45 0 38 0 4 0 3 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen Kelly 18 0 14+1 0 2+1 0 0 0
4 DF England ENG Anton Ferdinand 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Alex Pearce 49 0 39+1 0 6 0 3 0
6 MF Northern Ireland NIR Oliver Norwood 42 2 32+6 1 3+1 1 0 0
7 FW Russia RUS Pavel Pogrebnyak 34 8 18+9 7 5 0 2 1
9 MF Wales WAL Hal Robson-Kanu 36 4 26+3 1 5+1 3 1 0
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Simon Cox 43 8 28+9 8 2+1 0 2+1 0
11 MF England ENG Jordan Obita 51 0 43 0 6 0 2 0
12 MF Jamaica JAM Garath McCleary 30 3 22+4 1 3+1 2 0 0
14 MF England ENG Nathaniel Chalobah 20 1 15 1 5 0 0 0
15 DF England ENG Michael Hector 49 3 40+1 3 6 0 2 0
16 MF Nigeria NGA Hope Akpan 24 0 14+6 0 0+2 0 1+1 0
17 MF Australia AUS Ryan Edwards 10 0 4+3 0 0 0 1+2 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Jamie Mackie 38 6 18+14 5 4 1 2 0
20 FW Nigeria NGA Yakubu 11 1 3+4 0 0+4 1 0 0
21 MF Turkey TUR Jem Karacan 9 1 5+3 1 0+1 0 0 0
22 FW England ENG Nick Blackman 43 5 16+21 3 1+3 1 2 1
23 MF United States USA Danny Williams 31 1 21+4 1 6 0 0 0
24 DF England ENG Zat Knight 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Pierce Sweeney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF England ENG Aaron Kuhl 8 0 3+3 0 0 0 2 0
29 DF Slovenia SVN Jure Travner 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Denmark DEN Mikkel Andersen 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
32 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Sean Long 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
33 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Shane Griffin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF England ENG Niall Keown 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF England ENG Jake Cooper 19 2 9+6 2 0+2 0 1+1 0
36 FW United States USA Andrija Novakovich 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF England ENG Jack Stacey 6 0 2+4 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Liam Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF England ENG Tarique Fosu 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
44 FW Ghana GHA Kwesi Appiah 6 1 2+4 1 0 0 0 0
— DF England ENG Nana Owusu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Conor Shaughnessy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
8 MF England ENG Danny Guthrie 11 0 2+7 0 1 0 1 0
18 MF England ENG Aaron Tshibola 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Wales WAL Jake Taylor 25 3 14+8 2 0 0 1+2 1
27 FW England ENG Craig Tanner 5 1 0+3 0 0 0 1+1 1
30 FW England ENG Dominic Samuel 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
40 GK England ENG Stuart Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK England ENG Daniel Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 GK Scotland SCO Jonathan Henly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Robert Dickie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF Scotland SCO Dominic Hyam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— DF Scotland SCO George McLennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
6 DF England ENG Sean Morrison 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
20 GK England ENG Alex McCarthy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 FW England ENG Glenn Murray 18 8 18 8 0 0 0 0
24 DF Jamaica JAM Shaun Cummings 7 1 4+1 1 0 0 2 0
43 DF Netherlands NED Nathan Aké 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
— MF Netherlands NED Royston Drenthe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers

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As of match played 2 May 2014[151]
Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW England 20 Glenn Murray 8 0 0 8
FW Republic of Ireland 10 Simon Cox 8 0 0 8
FW Russia 7 Pavel Pogrebnyak 7 0 1 8
4 FW Scotland 19 Jamie Mackie 5 1 0 6
4 FW England 22 Nick Blackman 3 1 1 5
6 MF Wales 9 Hal Robson-Kanu 1 3 0 4
7 DF England 15 Michael Hector 3 0 0 3
MF Wales 25 Jake Taylor 2 0 1 3
MF Jamaica 12 Garath McCleary 1 2 0 3
10 DF England 35 Jake Cooper 2 0 0 2
MF Northern Ireland 6 Oliver Norwood 1 1 0 2
12 DF Jamaica 24 Shaun Cummings 1 0 0 1
DF England 6 Sean Morrison 1 0 0 1
MF England 14 Nathaniel Chalobah 1 0 0 1
MF United States 23 Danny Williams 1 0 0 1
MF Turkey 21 Jem Karacan 1 0 0 1
FW Ghana 44 Kwesi Appiah 1 0 0 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1
FW Nigeria 20 Yakubu 0 1 0 1
FW England 27 Craig Tanner 0 0 1 1
Total 48 9 4 61

Clean sheets

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Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 GK Australia 1 Adam Federici 12 2 1 15
2 GK Denmark 31 Mikkel Andersen 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 12 3 1 16

Disciplinary record

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As of match played 2 May 2015[152]
Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Australia GK Adam Federici 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Wales DF Chris Gunter 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 Republic of Ireland DF Stephen Kelly 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
5 Republic of Ireland DF Alex Pearce 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
6 Northern Ireland MF Oliver Norwood 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
7 Russia FW Pavel Pogrebnyak 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
8 England MF Danny Guthrie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Wales MF Hal Robson-Kanu 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
10 Republic of Ireland FW Simon Cox 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
11 England MF Jordan Obita 10 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
12 Jamaica MF Garath McCleary 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
14 England MF Nathaniel Chalobah 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
15 England DF Michael Hector 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
16 Nigeria MF Hope Akpan 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
19 Scotland FW Jamie Mackie 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
20 England FW Glenn Murray 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
22 England FW Nick Blackman 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
23 United States MF Danny Williams 6 1 3 0 0 0 9 1
24 Jamaica DF Shaun Cummings 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
25 Wales MF Jake Taylor 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
28 England MF Aaron Kuhl 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
35 England DF Jake Cooper 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 80 2 9 0 4 0 93 2

Awards

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Player of the Year

[edit]
[104] Nationality Award
Won Australia Adam Federici
Nominated Scotland Jamie Mackie
Nominated England Michael Hector

Notes

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  1. ^ Age as of the end of the season
  2. ^ Henly was born in Woking, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his mother, making his international debut for the Scottish U-19 side in May 2013.
  3. ^ Pearce was born in Oxford, England, but qualified to represent Scotland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his parents and made his international debut for the Scottish U-21 side in May 2008, then went on to represent Ireland at full international level on 11 September 2012.
  4. ^ Hector was born in East Ham, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2015.
  5. ^ Robson-Kanu was born in Ealing, England, and represented England at U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Wales through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Welsh U-21 side in May 2010 before making his full international debut for Wales five days later.
  6. ^ McCleary was born in Oxford, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica and made his international debut for Jamaica in February 2013.
  7. ^ Chalobah was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, but qualified to represent England through residency, representing England at U-16 to U-21.
  8. ^ Akpan was born in Liverpool, England, but qualified to represent Nigeria through his parents, making his international debut for Nigeria in October 2014.
  9. ^ Karacan was born in Lewisham, England, but also qualifies to represent Turkey internationally through his father and has represented Turkey at every youth level.
  10. ^ Williams was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, and represented Germany at U-15 level. Williams also qualified to play for the United States through his parents, and made his debut for them in October 2011.
  11. ^ Taylor was born in Ascot, England, and but chose to represent Wales, qualifying through his grandfather who has born in Barry. Taylor has represented Wales at U-17, U-19 and U-21 level.
  12. ^ Cox was born in Reading, England, but qualified to represent Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for Republic of Ireland on 24 May 2011.
  13. ^ Mackie was born in Dorking, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Scotland on 8 October 2010.

References

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